Judith Scruggs, the mother from Meriden who was convicted three years ago of keeping an unhealthy and unsafe home that endangered the health of her son Daniel, who committed suicide, was acquitted on Monday by a unanimous ruling of the Connecticut...

An article on Saturday about the sentencing of a Connecticut woman, Judith Scruggs, for having failed to provide a safe home for her 12-year-old son, who committed suicide, referred imprecisely to stresses in her life that her lawyer called...

A mother convicted of failing to provide a suitable home environment in connection with the suicide of her 12-year-old son was spared a prison sentence on Friday, but was admonished by the judge for failing to show remorse and continuing to blame...

Judith Scruggs, the Meriden women who in October was convicted of putting a minor at risk after her son hanged himself nearly two years ago, has resigned from her position as a teacher's aide at the school her son had attended. M.H. Reese Norris,...

A juror in the recent trial that found Judith Scruggs guilty of having contributed to her son's suicide took the stand Friday at the judge's request to address comments attributed to him in newspapers that may be grounds for a mistrial. The juror,...

Judith Scruggs, speaking publicly for the first time about her conviction in connection with the suicide of her 12-year-old son, admitted that she failed to get her son proper counseling, but she blamed the constant bullying he suffered at school for...

A hearing will be held next week on whether one member of the jury that convicted a mother of creating a home environment so unhealthy that it helped lead to her son's suicide is himself guilty of misconduct. The mother's lawyer said the juror's...

To the Editor: Re ''After Son's Suicide, Mother Is Convicted Over Unsafe Home'' (news article, Oct. 7): The conviction of Judith Scruggs of Meriden, Conn., is disheartening. The decision to blame the mother and not the school suggests that the...

To the Editor: Those of us who have lost loved ones to suicide are our own judge, jury and prosecutor (news article, Oct. 7). We don't need the judgment of others to remind us of the guilt and blame that haunt us every day.